The title of this post has a couple meanings. First, it contains pictures from a long ago visit to Weimar during my first trip to Germany about 20 years ago. The pictures are low resolution as they were early digital pictures that were saved on diskettes.

Second, they are all plaques, signs and monuments for people who were in Weimar long ago. You may recognize some of the names.

I will start with one that is very important to me. Carl Zeiss lived in Weimar when he was young. He was born there in 1816. This sign is on the house where he spent his youth.

There is a bust of Johann Sebastian Bach in Weimar. He lived there in the early 1700’s.

Here is the sign on the house where Johann Sebastian Bach lived from 1708 to 1717 and also where his sons Friedemann and Philipp Emanuel were born.

The composer Franz Liszt also lived in Weimar, but much later in 1860-1886.

Martin Luther lived in Weimar in a Franciscan monastery in 1518 and made visits there several times from 1518 to 1540.

Finally, we have a sign for the Franz Liszt Bar and Bistro.

I like wandering through towns in Germany and reading the signs on houses that show where famous people lived.

There were a lot of famous people who lived in Weimar for part of their life.

Steven